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World Othello Championship 1984

Melbourne (Australia)

8th World Othello Championships

Melbourne (Australia), 1984/10/27-28, 7 players from 7 countries

Final standings

  1. Paul Ralle (FRA)
  2. Ryoichi Taniguchi (JPN)
  3. Ted Landau (USA)
  4. David Sharman (GBR)
  5. Augusto Brusca (ITA)
  6. Paul Fuller (AUS)
  7. Vassilis Theofanopoulos (GRE)
  • Final
    • Ralle 34-30 Taniguchi
    Taniguchi 15-49 Ralle

  • 3rd/4th playoff
    • Landau 46-18 Sharman

  • Semi-finals
    • Ralle 42-22 Sharman & Taniguchi 37-27 Landau
    Sharman 41-23 Ralle & Landau 43-21 Taniguchi
    Ralle 47-17 Sharman & Landau 17-47 Taniguchi

  • 2nd day playoff match
    • Brusca 53-11 Fuller

  • Final standings and results after the first day

    • Group A RT PR AB
    Ryoichi Taniguchi
    25-39 •
    • 33-31
    • 35-29
    44-20 •
    		 3
    Paul Ralle
    • 39-25
    31-33 •
    26-38 •
    • 39-25
    		 2
    Augusto Brusca
    29-35 •
    • 20-44
    • 38-26
    25-39 •
    		1

    Group B DS TL PF VT
    David Sharman
    36-28 •
    • 30-34
    • 46-18
    59-5 •
    54-10 •
    • 52-12
    		 5 (277)
    Ted Landau
    • 28-36
    34-30 •
    52-12 •
    • 55-9
    • 56-8
    37-27 •
    		 5 (262)
    Paul Fuller
    18-46 •
    • 5-59
    • 12-52
    9-55 •
    41-23 •
    • 51-13
    		 2
    Vassilis Theofanopoulos
    • 10-54
    12-52 •
    8-56 •
    • 27-37
    • 23-41
    13-51 •
    		0

    The best two players (number of victories) of each group advance to the semi-finals.

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